It is clear that the record 40,000 to 45,000mt production of Turkish raisins has been at the expense of the sultana production. This was already reduced, and we have now ended up with a situation where sultanas now look to be 1000,000mt shorter in volume than the previous season

Turkey is now talking openly about the real prospect of a crop sell-out long before the next harvest. While such rumours rarely come to fruition, this year it seems more likely to this scenario become a reality.